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No. 486,672. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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TOY KITCHEN AN 0 STOVE.

SPECIFICATION for'ming'part of Letters Patent No. 486,672, datedNovember 22,1892.

Y Application filed December 15,1891 Serial No. 415,116. on; model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS JAEGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rutherford, in the county of Bergen, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful der causes the discoloration of theprevious ly-ornainented surfaces. The surface cannot be ornamented afterthe parts have been soldered together, for the reason that this wouldmake the kitchens and stoves too expensive, and the ornamentation couldnot be made as handsomely.

The object of my invention is to provide a tin toy kitchen and stove inwhich some or all the surfaces are ornamented in colors, and in whichseveral parts composing the kitchen and stove are firmly and securelyunited without the use of solder.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, which will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of my improved tintoy kitchen. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same, parts beingomitted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail vertical section on the line 3 3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 4 4of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the top of thekitchen, showing a modified construction of the plate-holding shelf.Fig. 6 is a plan view of the kitchen. Fig. 7 is a face view of theplate-shelf joint open. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the plate-shelf blankat the joint. Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse sectional view of thekitchen on the line 9 9 of Fig. 6. 1 Fig. 10 is an enlarged detailcross-sectional view of the kitchen on the line 10 10 of Fig. 11. Fig.11 is a sectional plan view through the kitchenstove on the line 11 11of Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a face view of one of the hooks that can be used.Fig. 13 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 14. is a perspective view of astove, and

Fig. 15 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The rear and side walls of the kitchen are formed of a sheet A of tin,having one face colored and ornaments produced in color on said coloredface, which sheet or blank is bent into the shape shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 6. That part of said sheet forming the rear wall a of the kitchen isprovided at its lower end with a tongue B, which is adapted to be passedin a grooved flange 0, formed on the rear edge of the tin-plate formingthe floor D of the kitchen. Indentations dare made in said groovedflange O for the purpose of holding the tongue B firmly in the same. Thelower edge of that part of the blank A forming the side walls I) of thekitchen is bent outward laterally to form a flange E, adapted to bepassed into the grooved flange F, formed on the side edges of thetin-plate D formingthe floor ofthe kitchen. (See Fig. 4.) Thereby theblank forming the rear and side walls of the kitchen is firmly andsecurely held on the base without requiring the use of solder andwithout in any way defacing the ornamented faces of the plates.

As shown in Fig. 6, the upper surface of the plate D forming the floorof the kitchen is also provided with ornamentations in imitation ofoil-cloth. On the top edge of the kitchen a plate and spoon shelf G isusually provided, said shelf having longitudinal slots H, as shown inFig. 6, into which the plates and spoons, 820., can be passed. As shownin Figs. 3 and 5, said shelf is formed of a U shaped strip of metalprovided with a tongue H, extending the entire length of the same, andadapted to be passed into a grooved flange I, formed on the back of theblank A along the top edge, said tongue H being clamped firmly in thegrooved flange, when the flange is closed by suitable devices andwhereby the plate-shelf is held firmly and securely on the top edge ofthe kitchen without requiring any soldering.

If desired, the plate-shelf may be reversed, as shown in Fig. 5. In thiscase the plateshelf is provided with a grooved flange, into which thetop edge of the blankA passes, the said grooved flange being then closedby compression so as to hold the plate-shelf firmly and securely on thetop of the blank A. Parts of the front face of the plate-shelves G arepunched out to form hooks J, Fig. 3, from which cooking utensils can besuspended. In place of forming the hooks J by punching part out of theface of the shelf, sheet-metal hooks K may be used, which are providedwith laterally-projecting wings L, said wings being bent at right anglesto the face of the hook K and passed through suitable slots in the frontof the plate-shelf and bent over on the back surface of said front. Theplateshelf shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 6 is formed of a blank or strip,part of which is shown in Fig. 8. Said blank is bent into U shape, andto permit of bending it to conform to the kitchen-walls it is providedwith a recess 71, from which an inclined notch 71 extends, a tonguejbeing formed in one edge of the recess h and a slot- 7a in the blank atthe other side of the recessed plate-shelf.

Fig. 7 shows a front elevation of the plateshelf blank at the part shownin Fig. 8 after the same has been bent U-shaped. In bending thisU-shapcd blank to fit on the top of the blank A the edges of the notch1' come in contactto form thejoint m, Fig. 6. The tongue 3', passingthrough the slot 70, is bent over on the rear surface of the front ofthe plate-shelf, whereby the plate-shelf retains its shape withoutrequiring any soldering and fits snugly on the top edge of the blank A.Said plate-shelf is also provided with a slot M, through which thechimney N of the fireplace or stove O can pass. Said chimney is providedat its lower end with a tongue 0, which is passed through a slot in thetop of the fireplace or stove O, and is bent over on the under side ofsaid top plate for the purpose of holding the chimney in place, theupper end of the chimney being held in place by being passed through theslot M in the plateshelf.

The toy stove O is formed of a piece of sheet metal bent,as shown inFig. 11, and to the ends P of said stove-blank a strip of metal Q isfastened before the stove is placed in the kitchen, which piece Q isprovided at its lower end with a tongue It. Said tongue is placed withthe tongue 13 of the blank A into the grooved flange C of the bottomplate D of the kitchen and the several parts clamped together, as shownin Fig. 10, wherebythe stove is held firmlyand securely in place in thetoy kitchen.

All the several parts of my improved kitchen can thus be assembled andunited firmly and securely without requiring any riveting or soldering,and the stove, chimney, the walls of the kitchen, and the plate andspoon shelf can all be highly ornamented, either by lithography orprinting in any other way, and the said ornaments on the faces of theseveral parts forming the kitchen are not in any way destroyed, marred,or mutilated by assembling and uniting the parts. The

amount of labor required to assemble the sev* eral parts is reducedconsiderably, the cost of making the kitchen is reduced, and as theseveral parts are made to fit snugly, the improved toy kitchens have amuch handsomer appearance than those in which the several parts areunited by soldering.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a toy kitchen, the combination, with a blankforming the rear and side walls, which blank has a downwardly-projectingtongue at the lower edge of the portion forming the rear wall and alaterally-projecting tongue on the lower edge of each portion forming aside wall, of a base-plate having a grooved flange at the rear forreceiving the bottom downwardly-projecting tongue of the blank andlaterally-projecting grooved flanges at the ends for receiving thelaterally-projecting bottom flanges of those parts of the main blankforming the side walls of the kitchen, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toy kitchen, the combination, with a body-blank having adownwardly-projecting tongue projecting at the bottom edge of its rearportion, of a floor-p1ate having a rear grooved flange for receiving thetongue 011 the rear portion of the body-blank, and a toy stove having arear plate provided with a doWnwardly-projecting tongue adapted to passinto the same grooved flange at the back of the bottom plate thatreceives the downwardly-projecting tongue on the rear portion of themain body-blank, substantially as set forth.

3. In toy kitchen or stove, the combination, with a body-blank, of aplate and spoon shelf at the upper edge of the body-blank and projectingfrom the face of the same, which shelf has a series of slots in itshorizontal portion, a toy stove, and a chimney resting on the front ofthe blank and extending from the top of the stove up through one of theslots in the plate or spoon shelf, whereby said chimney is held securelyat its upper end by said shelf, substantially as set forth.

4. In a toy kitchen or stove, the combination, with a body-blank, of aplate and spoon shelf formed thereon and having a slot through which achimney can pass, a chimney passed through said slot in the shelf andprovided at its lower end with a tongue, and a stove having an openingin its top plate, through which opening said tongue on the lower end ofthe chimney is passed and which tongue is bent over on the under side ofsaid stove top plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIUS JAEGER.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, CHARLES SOHROEDER.

